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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Sunlight Foundation, Melody Kramer, and 20 others media/tech projects get Knight Prototype Funds — Knight Foundation is giving 22 media and technology projects the chance to get one step closer to reality with a little help from the Prototype Fund. The projects include open-source tools …
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Knight Foundation
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Guardian head of news Stuart Millar follows Janine Gibson and James Ball to Buzzfeed — Buzzfeed has announced the recruitment of another high-profile Guardian journalist, head of news Stuart Millar. — Press Gazette reported last week that Millar was leaving the newspaper after 19 years.
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Poynter, Guardian, @mlcalderone, @johncassidy, @paulhamilos, @stuartmillar159, @ggreenwald, @jamesrbuk and @lukelewis
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
How Mashable took user-generated content to create an animated story about Syria — When Louise Roug first saw the storyboards for Mashable's animation on a city in Syria, they were just rough outlines. Then the animators started filling in the color. — “That's when I completely recognized parts …
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Mashable, @kellymcb and @meganspecia
Matt Pakes / Medium:
Facebook product manager responds to YouTube vlogger Hank Green's allegations, defends viewing metrics, says they're exploring new IP management tools — Theft, Lies, and Facebook Video — Hi, my name is Matt Pakes and I'm a product manager at Facebook, responsible for video products.
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Digiday, ITProPortal, @pkafka, @mikeisaac, @chrismoranuk, @mathewi and Fortune
Reuters:
Charter's net loss widens to $122M in Q2, loses 33K video subs — Charter Communications posts bigger quarterly loss — U.S. cable company Charter Communications Inc (CHTR.O) reported a bigger quarterly loss, hurt by costs related to debt extinguishment and the failed deal between Comcast Corp …
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Patrick Frater / Variety:
BBC Worldwide to launch its first video-on-demand services in India following deal with Tata Sky across TV, PCs, tablets and mobiles — BBC Worldwide In VoD Pact With India's Tata Sky — BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation, is to launch its first video-on-demand …
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Hollywood Reporter, TBI Vision, Indian Television Dot Com and Advanced Television
Reuters:
Germany's top prosecutor Harald Range accuses government of interfering in investigation into news site netzpolitik.org — Top German prosecutor accuses Berlin of interfering in treason investigation — Germany's top public prosecutor accused the government on Tuesday of interfering …
Storyful / Medium:
How a Production Company Faked ‘Instagram Migrant’ Account — By Eliza Mackintosh, Storyful journalist — An Instagram account purportedly documenting a migrant's journey from Dakar, Senegal, to Spain began trending on Sunday after the Huffington Post shared a story about it.
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@kristoforlawson, @alisongow and @chelm
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
The more brands use influencers for social ad campaigns, the less impact each influencer has — Cool Influencers With Big Followings Get Picky About Their Endorsements — Ricky Dillon, 23, who is known for creating quirky online videos, has millions of followers on Instagram and Twitter.
Glynnis Macnicol / ELLE:
Churning out clickbait provided a living during the lean years, creating lingering shame but also skills like speed and confidence — My Private Shame: You've Fallen for My Clickbait Headlines — I spent years creating the type of content people loved. And I hate myself for it.
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@bendreyfuss, @nbj914, @megancarpentier, @vonverena and @kia_mak
David Barstow / New York Times:
India Blocks 857 Pornography Websites, Defying Supreme Court Decision — NEW DELHI — Without warning or explanation, the Indian government this weekend ordered Internet service providers to block access to 857 pornography websites that had been singled out by an anti-pornography activist.
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@supremecourtfan, @rupasubramanya, @picardonhealth, @aparna_jain, Engadget and TorrentFreak
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Time Inc. reports Q2 earnings of $24M one year after spin-off from Time Warner, CEO touts plan to reengineer business, confident in return to financial growth — More than a year after the company's spin-off from Time Warner, Joe Ripp touts “our plan to fundamentally reengineer the business.”
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FishbowlNY, Reuters, Time Inc. and Future Media Lab
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